Farmers, not gardeners: The making of environmentally just spaces in Accra

City

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 365-381

  Allen, Adriana ^a   Apsan Frediani, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deep distribution; environmental justice; Greater Metropolitan Accra Area; insurgency; socio environmental transformation; urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879609305     PISSN: 13604813     EISSN: 14703629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13604813.2013.796620     Document Type: Article

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